SLOPER ON MAH-JONGG

By Tom Sloper
June 23, 2013No. #569

American Mah Jongg (2013 NMJL card).
What would you pass?

1. Everything's a mishmosh to the right of the joker; if you want to keep the dots to go for Odds #1, you'll need to break up W-D #2, which looks stronger. So don't do that. Pass anything to the right of the joker.

6. No clear hand. Think Consec. and get rid of the high numbers: 8C 9C 7D.

7. Focus on dots. Pass S Wh 1B

8. No thought necessary. Pass 1D 3D 7C.

9. Obvious; pass 8C 9C 7D

10. Still not clear what hand to go for. Pass S Wh, and any bam.

11. Clear: pass N R 7C.

12. Get rid of those three rightmost tiles.

13. Charleston is done; plan to discard 7C.

14. Dealer must discard; chuck 5D.

15. Can go Odds #1 or Consec. #1.

16. Going to need 9B pair. Good luck (you need it).

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